Agama atra

Agama atra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Agama
Species: Agama atra

Name

Agama atra Daudin, 1802: 349

• Syntypes: MNHN-RA-0.2604 and MNHN-RA-0.2605.
• Type locality: unknown; designated as “South Africa” by FitzSimons (1943: 129).

Synonyms

• Agama atra var. rudis Boulenger & Power, 1921: 282
  • Syntypes (6): BMNH 1946.9.4.69, ♀, 1946.9.4.70, ♂, 1946.9.4.71, ♂, 1946.8.27.89, ♂, 1946.8.27.90, ♂, and 1946.8.27.91, ♂.
  • Type locality: “Port Elizabeth”, “Cape Recife”, “Delagoa Bay” and “Matabeleland”, South Africa.

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. & Power, J.H. 1921. A revision of the South African agamas allied to Agama hispida and A. atra. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 9: 229–287. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Matthee, C.A. & Flemming, A.F. 2002. Population fragmentation in the southern rock agama, Agama atra: more evidence for vicariance in Southern Africa. Molecular Ecology 11(3): 465–471. DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01458.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Agama atra. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 August 2018.
• de Villiers, A. & Bates, M.F. 2017. IUCN: Agama atra  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T17450332A110308443. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T17450332A110308443.en

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Suidelike rotskoggelmander
English: Southern Rock Agama

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